Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Penetration of the English language in science: the case of a German national interdisciplinary critical care conference. | Available online http content 9 6 655 Letter Penetration of the English language in science the case of a German national interdisciplinary critical care conference Matthew E Falagas1 Eufemia Fabritsi2 Fotini C Chelvatzoglou2 and Konstantinos Rellos3 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine Boston Massachusetts and President and Director Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences AIBS Athens Greece 2Scientific Associate Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences AIBS Athens Greece 3Associate Director Intensive Care Unit Henry Dunant Hospital Athens Greece Corresponding author Matthew E Falagas Published online 16 September 2005 This article is online at http content 9 6 655 2005 BioMed Central Ltd Globalization in business politics and other aspects of our everyday life is viewed by many as an inevitable reality. The English language has undoubtedly benefited significantly from the new era in gradually penetrating into other cultures in many fields such as music arts education and more recently science. Previous reports indicate that such penetration is also evident in the field of biomedical sciences 1 2 primarily supported by the paper and online publication in the English language of the majority of about 6 000 journals indexed in PubMed. The adoption of a universal language in science namely English could facilitate communication between individuals from different countries and enhance the timely interchange of ideas among researchers and scientists with potential benefits to scientific advancement and development 3 . Language barriers could also potentially be eliminated and diffusion of knowledge could be promoted through the World Wide Web in real time. However the dominance of the English language in the scientific field including teaching academic education research publications meetings conferences and scientific societies could also lead to poorer outcomes in the field of research
